Scotland’s First Minister has accused the UK Government of placing the deposit return scheme (DRS) in “grave danger” and called for conditions effectively barring glass to be revoked.
UK ministers wrote to the Scottish Government last week granting a partial exemption to the Internal Market Act which would exclude glass containers from the DRS – which is due to go live in Scotland in March of next year. However, the move has been condemned by one of Scotland's biggest brewers.
Tennents warned earlier this week that removing glass from the scheme would put those who sell their wares in cans at a significant competitive disadvantage. On Saturday, Mr Yousaf wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging a rethink.
